Melocactus species ?
Melocactus species ?
Hey guys. I picked up this beauty yesterday at the nursery. At first I thought the species an azureus due to the tubular form. However, in descriptions of the azureus the spines don't seem to match. I got to searching and perhaps it's a " caroli-linnaei" Hopefully some of our our Melocactus experts can identify what I have.
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Re: Melocactus species ?
Need much larger, better quality pictures for an ID.
- mikethecactusguy
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Yes.. this is a melocatus. . Most likely Melocactus zehntneri. Nice mature plant..
Mike The Cactus Guy
Enjoying the Spines
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Re: Melocactus species ?
Also can be a Melocactus harlowii or Melocactus curvispinus ssp. koolwijkianus.
If your cacti mess in your job just forget about the job.
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
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How's this ?
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Thanks !mikethecactusguy wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 6:14 pm Yes.. this is a melocatus. . Most likely Melocactus zehntneri. Nice mature plant..
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Download, I have uploaded photos that were about 490kb to meet the uploading limit of the forum and then noticed the forum reduces them in size even further without my action to less than 100kb. Madkactus is probably not doing anything.
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Bloomingdale, NJ
45 inches (114 cm) rain equivalent per year, approx. evenly spread per month
2012 USDA Hardiness Zone 6b: -5F to OF (-20C to -18C) min.
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Then use an external image host: imgur.comjerrytheplater wrote: ↑Tue Oct 25, 2022 1:43 pmDownload, I have uploaded photos that were about 490kb to meet the uploading limit of the forum and then noticed the forum reduces them in size even further without my action to less than 100kb. Madkactus is probably not doing anything.
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I didn't scale it down. I enlarged it here. My editing software is not enlarging the pictures more than this. Perhaps this helps.Download wrote: ↑Tue Oct 25, 2022 2:38 pmThen use an external image host: imgur.comjerrytheplater wrote: ↑Tue Oct 25, 2022 1:43 pmDownload, I have uploaded photos that were about 490kb to meet the uploading limit of the forum and then noticed the forum reduces them in size even further without my action to less than 100kb. Madkactus is probably not doing anything.
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BTY way.. I had no issues with your picture size. looked fine on my computer..
Mike The Cactus Guy
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